This article originally appeared in the April 2007 issue of ELLE. There are many analogies Sandy Gale uses to describe her affliction: It's as if she is separated from others by an invisible barrier, ...

Describing her feelings of unreality, Dorothy, a young dental assistant who is blonde, fit and an avid skier, describes a "philosophical splinter in my head." She is neither a fan of Star Wars or The ...

Depersonalization is a difficult to define “feeling unreal.” To be counted as a disorder that can be diagnosed and accordingly subject to a treatment protocol, depersonalization needs to be clearly ...

Many people experience a strange feeling of detachment from themselves. This is called depersonalization. It is not a delusion but a muted sense of being. Modern life's pace can increase these ...

Ever felt like you’re watching your own life from the outside, like a movie you never auditioned for? You go through the motions—eating, working, talking—but everything feels foggy, distant, and ...

In the film Dr. Zhivago there is a scene in which Strelnikov and Yuri Zhivago discuss Yuri’s poetry and his future private life in Varykino, and two short sentences from that scene have burned a brand ...

Amid the Yang's break from his 'Las Culturistas' podcast to address a bout of depersonalization, co-host Matt Rogers affirmed, "No one should be living every day feeling anything less than good" ...

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